Stagecoach repositions offering with quirky Doodles campaign

Stagecoach repositions offering with quirky Doodles campaign

Stagecoach, the Performing Arts school for children aged 4-18 years, has launched its new Doodles campaign: a quirky, light-hearted drive that repositions the brand and highlights its benefits for children beyond the stage. With leaflets, posters, online banners and social advertising all delivered by launch marketing agency Five by Five, Doodles’ creative has a serious […]

Decline in online customer experience will leave UK retailers struggling to compete in 2019, warns Visualsoft

Decline in online customer experience will leave UK retailers struggling to compete in 2019, warns Visualsoft

The UK’s top e-retailers are seriously jeopardising sales by not prioritising on-site customer experience, according to an industry index report. The research, carried out by leading eCommerce and digital agency Visualsoft, forms part of the company’s second annual e-retail performance report. It analysed the industry’s top 250 names and found failings across a number of website performance metrics, […]

120 women already registered for Creative Equals’ ‘Returns’ scheme as deadline approaches

120 women already registered for Creative Equals’ ‘Returns’ scheme as deadline approaches

As the first deadline for applications approaches (Friday 11th January), Creative Equals, the organisation championing diversity in the creative industries, has already seen 120 women register for its returnship programmes in London and Manchester, demonstrating the wealth of creative talent currently looking to get back to work in the creative industries. Applications have come from […]

Elmwood Brands Kopparberg’s New Drinks Concept, Balans Aqua Spritz

Elmwood Brands Kopparberg’s New Drinks Concept, Balans Aqua Spritz

Elmwood client Kopparberg, the Swedish fruit cider, has launched its new brand and drinks concept Balans. Balans Aqua Spritz signals the UK arrival of a growing US trend towards alcoholic sparkling seltzers. It is an alcohol infused sparkling water with a hint of natural fruit taste – Lightly sparkling and refreshingly balanced. This low calorie, low-sugar drink is […]

Mr B & Friends creates smart animations for Lightwave brand campaign

Mr B & Friends creates smart animations for Lightwave brand campaign

Brand, creative and digital agency Mr B & Friends has unveiled a new family of animated characters as part of a digital marketing campaign for smart home automation company Lightwave. Lightwave offers cloud platform, applications and over 80 connected devices that together provide fully integrated remote control and monitoring of light, heat, power and security […]

Guardian Jobs rebrands portal with new values-led campaign

Guardian Jobs rebrands portal with new values-led campaign

Guardian Jobs is launching a new marketing campaign to highlight its rebrand and unique values-led offering for recruiters and job seekers. The campaign seeks to highlight how Guardian Jobs’ unique portal helps clients find the right people for roles. Guardian Jobs is rooted in deep specialism across multiple sectors, attracting established and growing job seekers […]

UK retailers wasting two million hours every week on competitor price-checking, according to Omnia Retail

UK retailers wasting two million hours every week on competitor price-checking, according to Omnia Retail

UK retailers are wasting almost two million hours every working week due to ineffective competitor price-checking processes, according to a research report.  The findings were published in a white paper by pricing and automation specialist, Omnia Retail, which questioned 150 UK retail businesses on the scope and efficacy of their pricing strategies. They show that companies are needlessly spending […]

Creative agency Space boosts creative firepower with three senior hires

Creative agency Space boosts creative firepower with three senior hires

Creative agency, Space, has added more creative firepower to its team with the appointments of Andy Preston and Alex Hazell as Deputy Creative Directors, and James Newport as Design Director.  Space has made the appointments following another year of growth which has seen the 45-person agency extend its remit with clients including William Grant & […]